Charlottesville

Racist organisations like the KKK, neo-nazis and white supremacists should be banned. Racism or any discrimination, hate speech and violence have no place in any civilised society. No one should have the freedom to incite hatred and promote inequality. It’s not freedom of speech, it’s a crime. No society should tolerate, racism or any kind of hate fueled rhetoric, bigotry and intolerance.

Enough Is Enough: White Nationalism Should Not Be a Protected Form of Free Speech

“Groups like the Ku Klux Klan and Unite The Right are not mere political groups. They are hate groups who have, for a century — or, in the KKK’s case, much longer — openly advocated violence and terror as a means of achieving their agendas. These individuals maintain views that quite literally align with the Nazis who tried to conquer Europe, with a key goal being the extermination and enslavement of “inferior” races, like Jews and Slavs.”

Charlottesville was a shocking display of racism which has no place in the modern world, racists emboldened by the bigoted rhetoric of president Trump, yes we have to occasionally remind ourselves that this man is the president of the US and supposed leader of the free world, though I do not accept him as such. He has fanned the flames of racism and other discrimination, bigotry and intolerance and Charlottesville is the result.

Why the hell can’t we all learn to live together regardless of race, creed, gender or any other perceived difference. There is so much misery in the world, I cannot understand why people such as these vile excuse for human beings have to create more. Wouldn’t the world be a better place if equality, tolerance and acceptance of each person was common place. Human beings should have no enemies other than death and disease, certainly not each other. Yet racism and other intolerance thrives and is on the increase along with the insatiable greed of the few at the expense of the many. We should unite for a better world where inequality, intolerance, social injustice, racism and any other prejudices are a thing of the past, a world where we can live out our lives in peace promoting the common good of all, including the other species with whom we share this world, and put all our energies in preserving this planet for all, including future generations.

Take Action

Please check out Care2’s suggestions for how you can help Charlottesville in the aftermath of this terrible incident of open racism, bigotry and hate.

It’s Up to Us to Stop White Supremacist Rallies Throughout America

“…mobilize your communities to get white supremacists out, because community resistance works.

Below, you’ll find a list of upcoming white supremacist rallies in the United States. Add your name to petitions calling for permit denials — and if there isn’t a petition yet, start one! Join us in saying good night to the self-described “alt-right“!”

Read More and take action. Note some of the rallies have been and gone but there are still plenty of other rallies:
August 26th and 27th and September 9th plus other suggested actions.

There is some way most of us can help including signing the following petition:

Petition

Label the “KKK” a terrorist organization!

“The KKK is a HATE group responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people of color through the decades. The recent deadly events in Charlottesville make it clear that members of these groups are willing to kill to advance their efforts to start a race war. ”

Please read more,sign and share this petition. Groups such as the KKK have no place in any modern society. There hate fill rhetoric incitements to violence and the acts of violence perpetrated or encourage by them are crimes and it is time they were recognised as such.

Please read the following, which over the weekend was Care2’s Daily Action and features a Human Rights Campaign video, and share widely, the world needs to know these are not “fine people” but racist fascist thugs who must not become an accepted part of American society.

Donald Trump: These Are Not “Fine People”

“Last weekend the world watched in horror as white supremacists, neo-nazis, and KKK members marched with torches and violently clashed with anti-fascist protestors in Virginia.

Instead of condemning hate, President Trump has blamed “both sides” for violence, and criticized the media’s coverage of the violent event, even going as far to say there were “very fine people” at the rally.

Video shows that this isn’t the case. White supremacists shouted racial and homophobic chants and insults to protestors, and one woman was killed when a White supremacist purposefully drove his car through a group of peaceful demonstrators.

There is only one side spewing hate. Watch the Human Rights Campaign video and share with your networks.